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AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts) Mon Feb 15, 2016, 06:18 AM Feb 2016

Anybody watch "Vinyl" on HBO last night?

I DVR'd it because of Scorcese and Winter, plus Bobby Cannavale. Looks intriguing.

Interested in hearing any thoughts.

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Anybody watch "Vinyl" on HBO last night? (Original Post) AngryOldDem Feb 2016 OP

I didn't watch it but - LiberalElite Feb 2016 #1

I thought it was outstanding! Stardust Feb 2016 #2

Thanks... AngryOldDem Feb 2016 #3

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

1. I didn't watch it but -

Reply to AngryOldDem (Original post)

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 11:11 AM

Feb 2016

here's a clip regarding the actual collapse of the Mercer Arts Center in 1973:

http://www.vulture.com/2016/02/vinyl-mercer-arts-center-collapse-backstory.html

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That Huge Building Collapse on HBO’s Vinyl? True Story. Mostly.
By Christopher Bonanos

The culminating scene in Sunday night's premiere of Vinyl centers on the collapse of the building housing the Mercer Arts Center, a music-and-theater venue in Greenwich Village. It seems too good to be true, a metaphor for the vibrant-but-rotting city of 1973 and also the vibrant-but-rotting life of the lead character, a record executive named Richie Finestra.

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Stardust

(3,894 posts)

2. I thought it was outstanding!

Reply to AngryOldDem (Original post)

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 09:43 PM

Feb 2016

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)

3. Thanks...

Reply to Stardust (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 17, 2016, 06:26 AM

Feb 2016

Haven't gotten around to it yet...hopefully this weekend.

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